NASA Photo ID: STS041(S)103 File Name: 10064411.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 10/10/90
Title: STS-41 crewmembers leave KSC O&C Bldg for Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39
Description:
STS-41 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits (LESs), leave the
Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building for
Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39 where they will board Discovery, Orbiter
Vehicle (OV) 103. Commander Richard N. Richards, leading the crew, is
followed by Pilot Robert D. Cabana who signals "thumbs up" to the
spectators, Mission Specialist (MS) Bruce E. Melnick, MS William M.
Shepherd, and MS Thomas D. Akers. At the O&C Building entrance, behind
technicians wearing white coveralls, are JSC's Flight Crew Operations
Directorate Director Donald R. Puddy and Astronaut Office Chief Daniel C.
Brandenstein.
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS
CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT)
CREWS
DISCOVERY (ORBITER)
LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUIT
STS-41
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